Tag: graduate school experience
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Magaga Enos: Bringing the Spirit of Village Community in Kenya to HGSE
In this piece, Magaga Enos reflects on his journey from growing up in a rural village in Muhoroni, Kenya, to becoming an Ed.M. candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, shaped by a deep commitment to community and educational equity. Drawing on nearly a decade of experience as a high school teacher at an…
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Jorie Fawcett: Graduate School Before Starting a Career
In this piece, Jorie Fawcett reflects on her journey from an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt University to a graduate student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, highlighting her evolving understanding of education beyond the classroom. At HGSE, she emphasizes the value of curiosity, self-reflection, and experiential learning through fieldwork, particularly in her current Graduate…
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Huang Zhongyang: Balancing Academics, Creativity, and Life in Cambridge
In this piece, Huang Zhongyang reflects on his transition from international education entrepreneur to graduate student in the Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship (ELOE) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Drawing on over a decade of experience guiding students through global higher education pathways, he examines how his work prompted deeper questions about…
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Sara Ines Halabi: Educating the Whole Child
In this piece, Sara Ines Halabi reflects on her journey from elementary school teacher to graduate student in the Teaching and Teacher Leadership (TTL) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Drawing on her experiences teaching in public schools in Georgia and Texas, Sara describes how her commitment to educating the whole child and…
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Salomey Ampadu: The Long Way Around to Work I Was Meant to Do
In this piece, Salomey Ampadu reflects on a pivotal experience at a Ghanaian children’s home that sparked a gradual yet profound shift from a successful corporate career to a lifelong commitment to education. Through global professional experiences, pandemic-driven introspection, and years of hands-on work in Ghana and London, Salomey recognized the need for deeper leadership…
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Sunita Swaraj: My Experience as an International Mid-Career Student at HGSE
In this piece, Sunita Swaraj reflects on her journey from decades of educational leadership in India to becoming an Ed.M. candidate in the Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship (ELOE) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a teacher, school leader, and K–12 principal, Sunita explores…
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Janna Chowdhury: Designing Pathways of Higher Education Access, Transition, and Belonging
In this piece, Janna Chowdhury reflects on her journey from first-generation college student in New York City to Ed.M. candidate in the Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology (LDIT) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, concentrating in Higher Education. Drawing on her experiences as a multilingual high school teacher, college-access supervisor, and Gates Cambridge…
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Amy Gonzalez: Shaping the Future of Literacy in HGSE’s Teaching and Teacher Leadership Program
In this piece, Amy Gonzalez traces her journey from preschool read-alouds to becoming an Ed.M. candidate in the Teaching and Teacher Leadership (TTL) Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, showing how nearly two decades in Boston and Cambridge public schools shaped her commitment to literacy as liberation. At HGSE, coursework in literacy development,…
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Avida Martinez: My Journey from Community College to HGSE
In this piece, Avida Martinez traces her journey from community college to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, showing how early experiences at a highly supportive community college shaped a lifelong commitment to higher education. Through transferring to UC Santa Barbara, working in transfer support roles, and later serving in higher education positions at UC…
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Dania Hassan: More Than a Degree in Education
In this piece, Dania Hassan reflects on her journey at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and challenges the misconception that an education degree leads only to classroom-based careers. Drawing on her background in business, she describes how HGSE’s interdisciplinary curriculum and cross-registration opportunities allowed her to design a highly customized academic path. Dania Hassan…
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